No Irish, No Yanks, No Clogs - FIFA World Cup 2018

oh wait Toni Kroos as well

Eriksen tho

Swiss one up

yeah I'm not good at this

I'm in medical school and I know a thing or two about faking symptoms, so when neymar is grabbing his leg and voluntarily rolling on top of it several times in a row, it makes me think his leg doesn't hurt that much

Him faking doesn't mean there isn't a foul (or that there is one).

does Paulinho count for Spurs

you should get a card for excessively 'making a meal of it' as you lads say, it's lame

Neymar will hurt himself with one of those rolls one day. The most hateable player in world football rn

key and peele did a good sketch along such lines

it was quite funny when he did that dramatic injury thing against colombia last time but he had actually fractured his back

Serbia not up to it tbh.

I don't give much of a fuck about theatrics, it's either a foul or not

xp I remember instantly declaring he was faking

I'd be more worried about Coutinho's back this time out. Carrying him, etc, etc

I have question marks about hating over-acting and "real man tough guy" shit tbh

lol come on

almost like the acting is done with the clear purpose of drawing calls on borderline plays

"I don't know much about soccer but they really need to do something about the flopping" is a proud american tradition NV

hehe

'actually flopping is ok'

His over-acting is awful. I also hate Neymar for his abuse to referees, opposing & fellow players and self-aggrandising bullshit

hey Kevin I wasn't having a pop about you, there's a long honourable tradition of Brit pundits doing same. I know it's great but it'd one of those gamesmanship parts of the game and every sport's got some of them as far as I can see

The only two 6-6-6-0 groups were in 1994 when it was still 24 teams, so all three went through in both cases.

One team has been knocked out of a four-team group with two wins though, but this was in the two-points-per-win era: the notorious Algerian exit of 1982.

"I know it's *not* great", sorry. Pro athletes cheat, within the specific parameters of their sport. Such is moneyball.

Neymar's incessant writhing about gets a bit much at times, star player - but an even bigger cunt than most of them are imo!

appreciate k3v's insight but holding out for a second opinion from an actual dr. morbius

Costa Rica scoring means everyone has, I think.

Serbia look more likely to equalise than Brazil to score again.

if only Mitrovic had three heads, one on the end of each leg

Really should be 1-1, and now its 2-0 Brazil

LMAOOO MEXICANS ARE AT THE AMBASSY OF SOUTH KOREA SINGING "OUR KOREAN BROTHER YOU'RE NOW MEXICAN"#MexicovsSuecia
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— nicole 🍓🇵🇹 (@wonjae_twt) June 27, 2018

Been wondering for a while now: what's the most tattooed team at this WC?

as was mentioned i think in the hype & anticipation thread, lots of brazilians have mixed feelings about supporting the national side in the current climate (hence the natty red shirts free from association with the brazilian football federation) and some are even supporting argentina. it's very difficult to feel bad about neymar losing

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Yeah I wonder what the impact will be on the elections if Brazil win the wc. Rather have Argentina or Colombia winning from South America.

One of the Latin ones probably.

Very disappointing performance from the likes of Kane, Lingard, Rashford & Welbeck xp

nicely worked by SWI

var strikes again

ok lol

Happy for Bryan Ruiz

so random question but belgium and england... the winner faces one of japan, senegal, colombia first, then one of brazil-mexico next. the loser faces one of japan, senegal, colombia first... then one of sweden-switzerland next. is it possible we're gonna see them play some not-so-great football to land in 2nd?

If they've got any sense I don't think they'll play with the draw in mind, more likely to be about destiny players or giving people some game time

Is it possible we're gonna see England play som not so great football? I'd say that's a big yes

Brazil aren't at their best yet but even in that state they'd still rip that England back three to shreds. That situation might be preferable to failing to find a way past Sweden's massed ranks after playing 80mins a goal down.

Actually fuck it, that would 100% be preferable.

Very silly discussion on ITV and assumes this young team wouldn't be feeling the pressure against Switzerland or Sweden should they get that far.

and its quite an if - think they'd struggle against Senegal and would be underdogs against Colombia. xps

Either England Colombia or Belgium Colombia would be an absolute humdinger of a game though.

That crack about Sweden being the new Greece is, uh, worrying me a bit. Anyway, I think there's going to be an unexpected team, or two, reaching the semi finals.

Hot take: Belgium and England will both play to win, altho if a clear result looks likely after an hour or so (ie one team 2-0 up) I expect things might try to wind down.

mind ay that time greece got futher than the semi finals

expect things might wind down. Not sure how 'things' as such, would 'try' anything